Few now care for this kind of royal jamboree. Many inhabitants of Commonwealth countries are reluctant to play their allotted roles as the fawning backdrop to a royal fashion shoot | ✍️ Jawad Iqbal
he days of the traditional royal tour, with its staged photo opportunities featuring adoring crowds waving flags, are surely over. William and Kate’s trouble-strewn visit to the Caribbean has shown that such journeys cannot continue. The cringeworthy images of the outstretched fingers of Jamaican children pushing through a wire fence separating them from the royal couple belong to a different era.
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